Philadelphia, PA

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[quote name='Fireman5230' post='51920' date='Nov 18 2006, 20:29 ']Here is my shot of the GIANT DELUGE 99 - Reo. It was still in service at the time of my photo. It was stationed at Engine 11/Medic 21 on South Street just below Center City. In teh 70's and 80's it was working alot down on Delaware Avenue at Pier and Warehouse fires.



Is Deluge 99 still around or was it gotten rid of?If it was gotten rid off does that mean that Philly no longer has a Heavy Duty Deluge capabilty's or do you now have another Deluge Unit?

I'm from Chicago and here we have three Deluge Units that are on standby which are brought to the scene of extra alarms (when special called for) by the Engine company that they are quartered with.Our famous Deluge Units of the late 1960s and 1970's Big Mo and Big John used to be manned until the late 1970's and then they were gotten rid of within a year or two later.[/quote]

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